Notice of Annual Membership Meeting

The National Preservation Summit will open with the Preservation Awards. During the awards ceremony, the National Trust for Historic Preservation will hold its Annual Membership Meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22 at the Washington National Cathedral located at 3101 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington DC. Members of the National Trust are encouraged to attend the meeting. The principal purpose of the meeting will be the election of trustees. The Trusteeship and Governance Committee of the National Trust Board of Trustees has nominated the following individuals for election to the Board of Trustees:

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR ELECTION TO AN INITIAL THREE-YEAR TERM TO SERVE AS A TRUSTEE:

• James Lima (New York, New York)
  James has been actively engaged in complex matters of real estate, economic development, and public policy since 1986, with extensive private and public sector experience in the planning and revitalization of urban places at a variety of scales.

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR ELECTION TO A SECOND THREE-YEAR TERM TO SERVE AS A TRUSTEE:

• David Scott Parker, FAIA (Southport, Connecticut)
  David is a practicing architect and principal of his own firm with broad experience on cultural institutions, preservation, restoration and adaptive-use renovation projects.

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR ELECTION TO A THIRD THREE-YEAR TERM TO SERVE AS A TRUSTEE:

• William J. Bates, FAIA, NOMA (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
  Bill is an architect with global corporate real estate and property management experience.
• Tracy Frist (Franklin, Tennessee & New Castle, Virginia)
  Tracy is an educator, businesswoman, conservationist, and storyteller dedicated to advancing literacy, cultural awareness, historic preservation, and human-animal relationships.
• Robert (Bob) Joseph Vila (New York, New York & Palm Beach, Florida)
  Bob has spent his career helping people upgrade their homes and improve their lives. He started out with his own design and remodeling business and was hired as the original host of This Old House on the Public Broadcasting System.

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR ELECTION TO A THREE-YEAR TERM TO SERVE AS AN EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE:

• Samuel Collins, III, Ex-Officio Representative for the National Trust Advisors (Galveston, Texas)
  A 7th generation Texan, Samuel has been a financial advisor for over 25 years in Galveston.
• Adrian Scott Fine, Ex-Officio Representative for Statewide and Local Preservation Partners (Los Angeles, California)
  As President and CEO of the Los Angeles Conservancy, Adrian provides overall leadership for the nation’s largest local, nonprofit membership-based heritage conservation organization.

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS TRUSTEES FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING:

• Phoebe Tudor, Chair
• Donna Colson, Vice Chair
• Kari Alldredge
• Randy Bryant
• Damien Dwin
• Linda Griego
• Alison K. (Kim) Hoagland
• Margaret Russell

Ex-Officio Trustees

• Kaywin Feldman, Director, National Gallery of Art
• Joel Danies, Representative for Historic Sites Advisory Councils & Co-Stewardship Boards
• Greg Wischer, ex-officio representation designated by the United States Secretary of the Interior
• United States Attorney General Todd Blanche, ex-officio representation designated by the Attorney General